FUMARIACE^E. 



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" P. montanum, Raf. Stem elongated, deeply furrowed ; leaves palmate, 

 not peltate, sinuses narrow, segments unequal, ends acutely bifid, with many 

 unequal teeth ; petals oblong, obtuse, six to seven ; stamens seven to nine, 

 berry oblong, yellowish. In the Alleghany mountains, from New York to 

 Virginia ; variety, 1. acuminatum ; 2. parviflorum" 



Fig. 67. 



P. montanum. 



Order 7.— FUMARIACE^.— Decandolle. 



Leaves generally alternate, multifid, often with tendrils. Flowers purple, white, or 

 yellow. Sepals 2, caducous. Petals 4, cristate, very irregular. Stamens 4, distinct, 

 hypogynous, or 6, in 2 parcels, opposite the outer petals, very seldom all separate ; anthers 

 membranous, the outer of each parcel 1-celled, the middle one 2-celled. Ovary free, 

 1-celled; ovules horizontal, amphitropal; style filiform ; stigma with two or more points. 

 Fruit various ; either an indehiscent 1 or 2-seeded nut, or a 2-valved or succulent inde- 

 hiscent, polyspermous pod. Seeds horizontal, shining, crested. Albumen fleshy. Em- 

 bryo minute, out of the axis ; where the fruit is indehiscent straight, where it dehisces, 

 somewhat curved. 



A somewhat extensive order of herbaceous plants, with bitter stems and a 

 watery juice, principally occurring in the temperate latitudes of northern cli- 

 mates. It has usually been placed in the vicinity of Papaveraceae, and by 



